Series 7 | A Finding Aid to the Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, circa 1920-1991, bulk 1946-1983 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Series 7: Betty Parsons Personal Papers , circa 1920s-1991
Boxes 38-51, 55-59, OV 61; 15.3 linear feet

This series documents the more personal and professional activities of Betty Parsons through early curatorial files from her work at Wakefield Gallery and Mortimer Brandt Gallery, biographical files, family papers, correspondence, pocket diaries, writings, photographs, printed materials, and financial records. Parsons' extensive personal papers also include files that provide an overview of her own career as an artist as well as her extensive private art collection.

The Betty Parsons Papers series is arranged into 10 subseries:

7.1: Early Curatorial Files, circa 1940-1958
7.2: Biographical Material, circa 1928-1983
7.3: Correspondence, circa 1932-1983
7.4: Pocket Diaries and Notebooks, 1933-1981
7.5: Annotated Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-1981
7.6: Writings, circa 1950-1980
7.7: Printed Material, circa 1927-1991
7.8: Betty Parsons Art Work Files, circa 1955-1983
7.9: Betty Parsons Private Collection Files, circa 1963-1983
7.10: Personal Financial Records, 1947-1980

Description	Container
7.1: Early Curatorial Files, circa 1940-1958
7.1.1: Wakefield Gallery, circa 1939-1944
Clippings, circa 1941-1944	38 7
Correspondence, circa 1941-1944	38 8
Exhibition Annoucements, circa 1940-1944	38 9
Love in Art (1941), circa 1940-1941	38 10
Ballet in Art (1942), circa 1942 (Partially scanned)	38 11
Pre-Columbian Stone Sculpture (1944), circa 1944 (3 folders)	38 12-14
Pre-Columbian Stone Sculpture (1944) - Photographs, Works of Art, circa 1944 (vintage prints by Aaron Siskind; not scanned)	38 15
Exhibition Schedules and Lists, circa 1941-1944	38 16
Invoices and Receipts, 1940-1944	38 17
Scrapbook, 1939-1941	38 18
Transcript of Radio Program The Artist Reviews Art, 1943	38 19
7.1.2: Mortimer Brandt Gallery, circa 1944-1958
Description	Container
Clippings, circa 1945-1946	38 20
Correspondence, circa 1944-1958	38 21
Exhibitions Annoucements and Catalogs, circa 1944-1946	38 22
Abstract and Surrealist Art in America (1944), circa 1944 (2 folders)	38 23-24
Portraits of Today by Painters of Today (1945), circa 1945	39 1
Exhibition file, Portraits of Today by Painters of Today (1945)- Photographs, Works of Art, circa 1945 (2 folders; not scanned; see also Box 51)	39 2-3
Lists of Exhibitions and Lenders, circa 1944-1947	39 4
Portraits of Today by Painters of Today (1945) - Photographs, Works of Art, circa 1945 (See also Box 39, F2; not scanned)	51 (sol)
7.2: Biographical Material, circa 1932-1983
Description	Container
Artist Biography and Narratives, 1949-1982	39 5
Family Trees and Histories, 1948 and undated	39 6
Interview - WNYC (Radio Station) Art Festival, 1951, October 16	39 7
Interview with Colette Roberts, 1968	39 8
Invitations, Announcements and Programs, circa 1928-1979	39 9
Juries, Seminars, Lectures, and Awards
Althena Award,Rhode Island School of Design, 1981-1982 (2 folders)	39 10-11
Awards and Honors, circa 1960-1982	39 12
Conference of Women in the Visual Arts, 1972	39 13
Creative Arts Award, Brandeis University, 1980	39 14
Honorary Degree, Mount Holyoke College, 1981	39 15
Seminar at Sarah Lawrence College, 1971-1972 (2 folders)	39 16-17
Watercolor Society of Alabama, 1980	39 18
Zaner Gallery, 1981	39 19
General, circa 1950-1974	39 20
General Juries, Seminars, etc., 1975-1976 (3 folders)	39 21-23
General Juries, Seminars, etc., 1976-1977	39 24
General Juries, Seminars, etc., 1977-1978	39 25
General Juries, Seminars, etc., 1979-1980	39 26
General Juries, Seminars, etc., 1980-1981 (2 folders)	39 27-28
Membership Cards and Certificates, circa 1940-1980	39 29
Memorial Service, 1982	39 30
Personal Papers, miscellaneous, circa 1934-1990	39 31
Photograph, Black and White Transparency, circa 1960-1970 (Not scanned)	39 32
Photographs, General, circa 1935-1981 (3 folders)	39 33-35
Photographs of Parsons, circa 1980-1982	55 42
Photographs of Parsons and Others, circa 1930s-circa 1970s	55 43
Photographs of Parsons and St. Martin's Home, 1982	55 44
Photographs of Gardens, 1981	55 45
Photographs of House in Marion, MA, 1965	55 46
Photographs of Art Works depicting Betty Parsons, circa 1934-1940 (Not scanned)	39 36
Travel Itineraries and Documentation, 1949-1972	39 37-38
Volunteer and Social Activities
Cosmopolitan Club, 1959-1980	39 39
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 1980-1981	39 40
Paul Taylor Dance Company, 1974-1980 (2 folders)	39 41-42
Visiting Nurse Service, 1971-1972	39 43
Miscellaneous, 1949-1975	39 44
War Ration Coupons, 1942-1943	39 45
7.3: Correspondence, circa 1932-1983
7.3.1: General Correspondence, circa 1932-1982
Description	Container
A, circa 1951-1977	39 46
Alloway, Lawrence, circa 1959-1975	39 47
A-B, 1964-1979	55 47
B, 1944-1982	39 48
Baker, Adge, circa 1968-circa 1975	55 48
Baker, Adge, 1966-1970	55 49
Baker, Adge, 1971	55 50
Baker, Adge, 1972 January-April	55 51
Baker, Adge, 1972 May-December	56 1
Baker, Adge, 1973 February-September	56 2
Baker, Adge, 1973 October-December	56 3
Baker, Adge, 1974 January-June	56 4
Baker, Adge, 1974 July-October	56 5
Baker, Adge, 1974 November-December	56 6
Baker, Adge, 1975 January-April	56 7
Baker, Adge, 1975 May-October	56 8
Baker, Adge, 1976-1982	56 9
Baker, Adge, circa 1932-1982 (2 folders)	39 49-50
Baker, Adge, circa 1932-1982 (17 folders)	40 1-17
Barker, Walter, 1963-1979	40 18
Bigelow, Larry, 1954-1960	40 19
Bonge, Dusti, circa 1954-1982	40 20
Bulla, Jean, circa 1932-1935	40 21
C, 1948-1972	40 22
Carstairs, Joe, 1942-1963	40 23
Clarke, Billie, circa 1970-1980	40 24
Cloos, Consuelo, circa 1952-1982	40 25
Congdon, William, 1977-1981	40 26
Constable, Rosalind, 1943-1982	40 27
Crosby, Caresse, 1925, 1965-1967	40 28
C-D, 1979	56 10
D, 1952-1982	40 29
DeMeyer, Evelyn, 1977-1980	40 30
Dufferin and Ava, The Marchioness of (Lindy Guinness), circa 1964-1981	40 31
Durant, Nancy, circa 1950-1972	40 32
E, circa 1950-1982	40 33
E-F, circa 1970-circa 1979	56 11
F, circa 1940-1982	40 34
Frasetto, Monica Flaherty, circa 1951-1974	40 35
Fritzius, Harry, circa 1953-1978	40 36
G, 1948-1982	40 37
Gooding, Maria, 1977-1982	40 38
Groves, Chris, 1966-1968	40 39
G-H, circa 1978-circa 1979	56 12
H, circa 1940-1981	40 40
Hall, Lee, circa 1981-1982	40 41
Hennessy, Timothy, 1961-1974	40 42
I and J, 1942-1982	40 43
I-J, circa 1970s	56 13
K, circa 1940-1982	40 44
K-L, circa 1969-circa 1979	56 14
L, circa 1942-1981	40 45
M and N, circa 1950-1976	40 46
McConathy, Dale, circa 1963-1969	40 47
M-N, circa 1970s	56 15
Newcomb, Mary (Mrs. Alexander Higginson), circa 1932-1961	40 48
O and P, circa 1950-1982	40 49
Parsons, Betty to Jock Truman, circa 1968-circa 1975	56 16
Pierson, James Rhodes, 1956-1959	40 50
P-S, circa 1955-circa 1979	56 17
R and S, 1943-1981	40 51
Reinhardt, Ad, circa 1949-1965	40 52
Seid, Dui, circa 1974-1975	40 53
T, circa 1961-1975	40 54
V, W, and Z, circa 1956-1982	41 1
W, circa 1970s	56 18
Unidentified, circa 1932-1981	41 2
First Names Only/Illegible, circa 1970s	56 19
Third Party, circa 1937-1983	41 3
Christmas Cards, circa 1960-1977 (5 folders)	41 4-8
Christmas Cards and Other Correspondence with Artwork
Artists A-B, circa 1960s-circa 1970s	56 20
Artists C-F, circa 1960s-circa 1970s	56 21
Artists G, circa 1960s-circa 1970s	56 22
Artists H, circa 1960s-circa 1970s	56 23
Artists, I-K, circa 1960s-circa 1980s	56 24
Artists, L, 1955-1981	56 25
Artists, M, 1947-circa 1970s	56 26
Artists, O-P, circa 1955-1980	56 27
Artists, R-S, 1955-circa 1970s	56 28
Artists, S, 1950-1980	56 29
Artists, T, circa 1965-1982	56 30
Artists, T, circa 1960s-1982	56 31
Artists, V-Z, circa 1945-1980	56 32
Artists, Oversized A-Z and Unidentified/Illegible, circa 1940s-circa 1982	56 33
Artists, Unidentified/Illegible, circa 1940s-circa 1982	56 34
Artists, Unidentified/Illegible, circa 1940s-circa 1982	56 35
Artists, Unidentified/Illegible, circa 1940s-circa 1982	56 36
Oversized Christmas Cards and Other Correspondence with Artwork, Artists A-Z and Unidentified/Illegible from Box 56, Folders 20-33	OV 61
Postcards, circa 1930-1959	41 9
Postcards, circa 1960-1969	41 10
Postcards, circa 1970-1979	41 11
Postcards, 1980-1982	41 12
Postcards, undated	41 13
Telegrams, 1929-1971	41 14
Postcards, First Names, A-L, circa 1964-circa 1979	56 37
Postcards, First Names, M-W, circa 1967-circa 1971	56 38
Postcards, Surnames A-V, circa 1969-circa 1971	56 39
Postcards Unidentified/Illegible, 1960s-1970s	56 40
7.3.2: Chronological Correspondence, circa 1938-1983
Description	Container
Correspondence, circa 1950s-circa 1970s	56 41
Correspondence, 1938-1949	41 15
Correspondence, 1940-1951	56 42
Correspondence, 1950-1953	41 16
Correspondence, 1954-1956	41 17
Correspondence, 1956-1969	56 43
Correspondence, 1957-1960	41 18
Correspondence, 1961-1962	41 19
Correspondence, 1963	41 20
Correspondence, 1964	41 21
Correspondence, 1965	41 22
Correspondence, 1966	41 23
Correspondence, 1967-1969	41 24
Correspondence, 1970-1974	41 25
Correspondence, 1971-1975	56 44
Correspondence, 1975-1977	41 26
Correspondence, 1976-1979	57 1
Correspondence, 1978	41 27
Correspondence, 1979 (2 folders)	41 28-29
Correspondence, 1980	41 30
Correspondence, 1980-1982	57 2
Correspondence, 1981 (2 folders)	41 31-32
Correspondence, 1982	41 33
Correspondence, 1983	41 34
Correspondence, undated	41 35
7.3.3: Travel Correspondence and Documentation, 1958-1977
Description	Container
Japan, 1958	57 3
Europe, 1963	57 4
Europe, 1964	57 5
United States, 1965	57 6
Russia and Poland, 1965-1966	57 7
Russia and Poland, 1966	57 8
Various Trips, 1966-1968	57 9
Turkey, 1969-1970	57 10
Europe, 1969-1971	57 11
International Association of Art Critics, Zaire, 1973-1974	57 12
United States, 1973	57 13
France, 1976	57 14
England and Ireland, 1976	57 15
England and Ireland, 1976	57 16
England and Ireland, 1976	57 17
Denmark, 1977	57 18
7.4: Pocket Diaries and Notebooks, circa 1933-1982
Description	Container
Address Books, circa 1933-1978	41 36
Pocket Diaries, 1933-1936	41 37
Pocket Diary, 1937	41 38
Pocket Diaries, 1937-1938	41 39
Pocket Diaries, 1939-1941	42 1
Pocket Diaries, 1942-1943	42 2
Pocket Diaries, 1948-1949	42 3
Pocket Diaries, 1960-1961	42 4
Pocket Diaries, 1962	42 5
Pocket Diaries, 1963-1964	42 6
Pocket Diaries, 1965-1966	42 7
Pocket Diaries, 1967-1969	42 8
Pocket Diaries, 1970-1971	42 9
Pocket Diaries, 1972-1973	42 10
Pocket Diaries, 1974-1975	42 11
Pocket Diaries, 1976-1977	42 12
Pocket Diaries, 1978-1980	42 13
Pocket Diaries, 1981	42 14
Engagement Calendar, 1962	57 19
Engagement Calendar, 1970	42 15
Engagement Calendar, 1979	42 16
Engagement Calendar, 1980	42 17
Notebook, 1961	42 18
Notebook, possibly 1965	42 19
Notebook, 1980-1982	42 20
Journal Notes, 1928	57 20
Journal Notes, 1953	57 21
7.5: Annotated Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-1981
Description	Container
Sketchbooks, circa 1920s-circa 1930s	57 22
Sketchbooks, 1930	57 23
Sketchbooks, 1933, 1935	57 24
Sketchbook, circa 1940s	57 25
Sketchbooks, 1948, 1950	57 26
Sketchbook, 1951	42 21
Sketchbooks, 1951	57 27
Sketchbooks, 1952, 1953	57 28
Sketchbooks, 1953-1954	57 29
Sketchbooks, 1955, 1958	57 30
Sketchbooks, 1959	57 31
Sketchbooks, 1966, 1969	57 32
Sketchbook, 1967	42 22
Sketchbook, 1969	42 23
Sketchbook, 1970	58 1
Sketchbook, 1975	58 2
Sketchbooks, 1976-1977	58 3
Sketchbook, 1981	58 4
Dress Patterns, 1922	58 5
Dress Patterns, 1922	58 6
7.6: Writings, circa 1930-1981
7.6.1: Writings by Parsons, circa 1930-1981
Description	Container
Poems, circa 1930s-circa 1980s	58 7
Poems, circa 1950s-circa 1980s	58 8
Poems, 1979-1980	58 9
Poems and Statements About Artists, 1960s-1980s	58 10
Poems and Statements About Artists, 1960s-1980s	58 11
Poems and Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1930s-circa 1980s	58 12
Poems and Miscellaneous Writings, circa 1930s-circa 1980s	58 13
Poems and Miscellaneous Writings, 1933-1969	58 14
Poems and Miscellaneous Writings, 1972-1981
Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1927-circa 1982	58 29
Announcements and Catalogs, 1938-1968
Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1927-circa 1982	58 29
Announcements and Catalogs, 1938-1968
7.6.2: Writings by Others, circa 1950-1980
Description	Container
Alloway, Lawrence, typescript of "An American Gallery,", circa 1961-1968 (3 folders)	42 24-26
Codman, Florence, typescript of "Values in Some Recent American Paintings,", undated	42 27
Dlugoszewski, Lucia, miscellaneous writings, circa 1962-1972	42 28
Dreyfuss, Caril, typescript of "On Judging,", 1980	42 29
Du Brul, E. Lloyd, "Biology of Artistic Behavior,", 1968	42 30
Hawkins, Erick, miscellaneous writings, circa 1961-1962	42 31
[Martin, Agnes], manuscript (photocopy) of "Current of the River of Life Moves Us,", undated	42 32
Mathieu, Georges, typescript of "Declaration to the American Avant Garde Painters,", undated	42 33
McFadden, Elizabeth, typescript of "Anthology for Children,", undated	42 34
McFadden, Elizabeth, typescript of "Poetry Edition,", undated	42 35
Motherwell, Robert, typescript of "In Memoriam: Anthony Smith,", 1981	42 36
Putnam, Wallace, photocopy of talk "Come Dance with Dragon,", 1971	42 37
Putnam, Wallace, typescript of "The Shiny Gilt Frame is Gone,", undated	42 38
Sturm, Dorothy, notebook of poems, 1957	43 1
unknown author, proposal for "Keeper of the Treasure,", circa 1981	43 2
Miscellaneous typescripts, circa 1950-1965	43 3
Writings by Others, circa 1930s-circa 1980s	58 16
Writings by Others, circa 1960s-circa 1970s	58 17
Writings by Others, About Betty Parsons, circa 1960s	58 18
Unidentified Author, Film Proposal, circa 1970s	58 19
7.7: Printed Materials, circa 1920-1991
Description	Container
Announcements and Catalogs, 1927-1952	43 4
Announcements and Catalogs, 1952-1966	43 5
Announcements and Catalogs, 1967-1982	43 6
Magazine Clippings about Betty Parsons, circa 1951-1982 (2 folders)	43 7-8
Magazine Clippings and photographs of Betty Parsons' Studio, circa 1967	43 9
Magazine Clippings about Art and Architecture, circa 1951-1982 (2 folders, not scanned)	43 10-11
Magazine Clippings about Artists, circa 1947-1948 (2 folders; not scanned)	43 12
Newspaper Clippings about Betty Parsons, circa 1930-1983 (2 folders)	43 13-14
Newspaper Clippings about Friends and Family, circa 1920-1960	43 15
Newspaper Clippings about Art and Architecture, circa 1948-1978 (2 folders, not scanned)	43 16-17
Newspaper Clippings about Artists, circa 1927-1976 (2 folders, not scanned)	43 18-19
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, Miscellaneous, circa 1945-1971 (Not scanned)	43 20
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, Duplicates, circa 1957-1982 (3 folders, not scanned)	43 21-23
Magazines, 1946-1983 (4 folders, not scanned)	43 24-27
Miscellaneous, circa 1950-1991 (Not scanned)	43 28
Clippings About Betty Parsons/Gallery, circa 1967-1977	58 20
Clippings About Betty Parsons/Gallery, circa 1977-1980	58 21
Clippings About Betty Parsons/Gallery, circa 1950s-circa 1982	58 22
Clippings About Betty Parsons/Gallery, circa 1950s-circa 1982	58 23
Prints/Engravings by Various Artists	58 24
Printed Material, Miscellaneous, circa 1976-1980	58 25
Blueprint for Combustion Engineering Headquarters, Stamford CT, circa 1970s	58 26
"I Ching" Pilot Dub 2, Catalyst Productions, circa 1970s	58 27
7.8: Records About Betty Parsons' Art Work, circa 1927-1983
Description	Container
Agreement with Midtown Galleries, 1935	58 28
Annoucements and Catalogs, circa 1927-1982	43 29
Announcements and Catalogs, circa 1927-circa 1982	58 29
Announcements and Catalogs, 1938-1968	58 30
Announcements and Catalogs, 1971-1979	59 1
Announcements and Catalogs, 1980-1981	59 2
Exhibition files
General Exhibitions, circa 1927-1956	43 30
General Exhibitions, circa 1957-1969	43 31
General Exhibitions, 1970-1979	43 32
New Arts Gallery (1963: Atlanta, Ga.), 1962-1965	43 33
Miami Museum of Modern Art (1963), circa 1962-1963	43 34
New Gallery (1966: Bennington College, Vt.), 1965-1966	43 35
Gallery Seven (1967: Boston, Mass.), 1967	43 36
Grand Central Moderns (1967: New York, N.Y.), 1966-1967	43 37
Whitechapel Gallery (1968: London, England), 1965-1969 (4 folders)	44 1-4
Studio Gallery (1971: Washington, D.C.), 1971-1972 (2 folders)	44 5-6
College Art Gallery (1972: Drew University, Madison, N.J.), 1971-1972	44 7
College Art Gallery (1972: Drew University, Madison, N.J.), 1971-1972	59 3
A.M. Sachs Gallery (1972: New York, N.Y.), 1972	44 8
Studio Gallery (1973: Washington, D.C.), 1972-1975	44 9
Montclair Art Museum (1974: Montclair, N.J.), circa 1974 (3 folders)	44 10-12
Studio Gallery (1975: Washington, D.C.), 1975 (2 folders)	44 13
Benson Gallery (1975: Bridgehampton, N.Y.), 1974-1975	44 14
Circanou Galleries (1976: Des Moines, Iowa), 1975	44 15
David Hendricks Gallery (1976: Dublin,Ireland), 1976	44 16
Louise Himelfarb Gallery (1977: Water Mill,N.Y.), 1977	44 17
Louise Himmelfarb Gallery (1977: Water Mill, N. Y.), 1977	59 4
Barnard College (1977: New York, N.Y.), 1977	44 18
United States Information Service (1978: Tegucilgalpa, Hondoras), 1978	44 19
Heath Gallery (1978: Atlanta,Ga.), 1977-1979	44 20
Artists and Poets fo the Hamptons Landscape,Benson Gallery (1978: Bridgehamton, N.Y.), 1978	44 21
Kornblee/Truman Gallery (1978: New York, N.Y.), 1978-1979	44 22
Paintings and Sculptures by Candidates for Art Awards, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1979: New York, N.Y.), 1977-1979	44 23
Women Artists of Eastern New York, Guild Hall (1979: East Hampton, N.Y.), 1979	44 24
Hoshour Gallery (1979: Albuquerque, New Mexico), 1978-1979	44 25
Marchand-Parson Gallery (1979: Shelter Island, N.Y.), circa 1979	44 26
Summit Art Center (1979: Summit, N.J.), 1979	44 27
Zeller Gallery (1979: University Park, Penn.), 1979	44 28
Fairweather Hardin Gallery (1979: Chicago, Ill.), 1979	44 29
Kornblee Galleries (1980: New York, N.Y.), 1980-1983	44 30
Barbara Fiedler Gallery (1980: Washington D.C.), 1979-1982	44 31
Newspace (1980: Los Angeles, Calif.), 1979-1982	44 32
American Center (1980: Paris, France), 1979-1980	44 33
Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd. (1980: London, England), 1980-1981	44 34
Robert T. Kidd Associates (1980: Birmingham, Mich.), 1980-1983	44 35
Portraits Real and Imagined, Guild Hall (1980: East Hampton, N.Y.), 1980	44 36
William Sawyer Gallery (1981: San Franisco, Calif.), 1981	44 37
Virginia Miller Galleries (1981: Miami, Fla.), 1980-1981	44 38
Burnside Gallery (1981: Greenport, N.Y.), 1981	44 39
Benson Gallery (1981: Bridgehampton, N.Y.), 1980-1981	44 40
The Artist and the Quilt, Traveling Exhibition (1980), 1980-1982 (2 folders)	44 41-42
Hoshour Gallery (1982: Albuquerque, New Mexico), 1981-1982	44 43
Betty Parsons Memorial Show, Betty Parsons Gallery (1982: New York, N.Y.), 1982	44 44
Fairweather Hardin (1982: Chicago, Ill.), 1982-1983	44 45
Inventories, 1966-1982	44 46
Inventory with Sketches, 1982 October	44 47
Inventories, 1983	44 48
Appraisals and Price Lists, 1979-1983	44 49
Consignments, 1941-1967	44 50
Consignments, 1974-1979	44 51
Consignments, circa 1980-1983	44 52
Consignments-Heath Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 1980-1982	44 53
Sales, 1938-1982	44 54
Artwork, circa 1922-1974	59 5
Artwork, Cut-Outs, circa 1920s-circa 1982	59 6
Photographs of Betty Parsons Sculptures at the National Gallery of Art Opening, 1973 November	44 55
Installation Photographs, New Arts Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1962-1964	44 56
Miscellaneous Installation Photographs, circa 1962-1980	44 57
Photographs of Paintings, circa 1940-1980 (5 folders; not scanned)	44 58-62
Photographs of Wood Sculptures, circa 1970s (Not scanned)	44 63
Photographs of Paintings and Sculptures, 1980-1982 (Not scanned)	44 64
Photographs, Duplicates, circa 1940-1980 (Not scanned)	44 65
Color Separations for Art Gallery Magazine, 1972 October (Not scanned)	44 66
Negatives for Color Separation for Annoucement, 1973 (Not scanned)	44 67
Transparencies, circa 1970-1981 (Not scanned)	44 68
Slides, circa 1970s (Not Scanned)	44 69
Photographs and Slides of Artwork, circa 1970s-circa 1980s	59 7
7.9: Betty Parsons Private Collection, circa 1963-1983
Description	Container
Appraisals, 1983	44 70
Correspondence, circa 1968-1981	44 71
Inventories, circa 1971-1983	45 1
Exhibitions
Finch College (1968: New York, N.Y.), 1968	45 2
Finch College (1968: New York, N. Y.), 1968	59 8
New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970, Metropolitan Museum of Art(1969: New York, N.Y.), 1969-1970	45 3
Montclair Museum of Art(1972: Montclair, N.J.), 1971-1972	45 4
Parrish Art Museum (1972: Southampton, N.Y.), 1972	45 5
Art of this Century from the Betty Parsons Collection, Rhode Island School of Design (1980: Providence, R.I.), 1979-1980	45 6
General Exhibition Annoucements and Catalogues, circa 1963-1983	45 7
General Exhibition Announcements and Catalogs, 1962	59 9
General Exhibition Loan Forms and Correspondence, 1966-1982	45 8
Gifts of Works of Art, 1956-1970	45 9
Gifts of Works of Art, 1971-1977	45 10
Gifts of Works of Art, 1978	45 11
Gifts of Works of Art, 1979-1980	45 12
Gifts of Works of Art, 1980-1981	45 13
Gifts of Works of Art, 1982	45 14
Sales and Purchases, 1961-1977	45 15
Photographs, circa 1955-1982 (4 folders; not scanned)	45 16-19
Photographs, Duplicates, circa 1955-1982 (4 folders; not scanned)	45 20-23
Photographs of Artwork, circa 1950s-circa 1980	59 10
Transparencies and Negatives, circa 1967-1983 (Not scanned)	45 24
7.10: Personal Financial Records, 1947-1980
7.10.1: Family Financial Papers, 1948-1979
Description	Container
Betty Parsons' Last Will and Testament, 1975-1979	45 25
Estate of J. Fred Pierson, 1955-1961	45 26
Estate of James R. Pierson, 1975-1979	45 27
Miscellaneous Pierson Family Estate Papers, 1948-1959	45 28
Estate of Emily P. Rayner, 1963-1977 (2 folders)	45 29-30
7.10.2: Real Estate Records, circa 1951-1982
Description	Container
Miscellaneous Real Estate Documents, 1958-1975	45 31
Artists Acres, Englewood, Fla., circa 1951-1966	45 32
House in Sheepscott, Maine, circa 1973-1981 (4 Folders)	45 33-36
House in St. Maartens, Netherlands Antilles, circa 1968-1982 (9 Folders)	45 37-45
St. Maartens, Netherlands Antilles, House Plans, circa 1962-1966 (3 Folders)	45 46-48
St. Maartens, Netherlands Antilles, Landowners Association, circa 1961-1981 (4 Folders)	46 1-4
7.10.3: Investments and Securities, circa 1948-1981
Description	Container
Automobile Insurance Policies, circa 1963-1978 (2 folders)	46 5-6
Miscellaneous Employees Insurance Policies, circa 1960-1974	46 7
Fine Arts Dealers Insurance Policies, 1972-1978	46 8
Personal Fine Arts Insurance Policies, 1971-1976	46 9
Health and Medicare Insurance Policies, 1962-1966	46 10
Homeowners Insurance Policies, 1961-1978	46 11
Miscellaneous Insurance Policies, 1963-1974	46 12
Miles Timber Company, 1948-1977 (2 folders)	46 13-14
Miles Timber Company Audit Reports, 1951-1962 (2 folders)	46 15-16
Ramapo Land Company, 1958-1982	46 17
Ramapo Land Company Financial Statements, 1966-1969	46 18
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1969-1970	46 19
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1971-1972	46 20
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1972-1973	46 21
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1977-1978	46 22
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1978-1979	46 23
Chemical Bank Investment Statements, 1979	46 24
Irving Trust Company, 1959-1967	46 25
Investment Accounts, 1959-1979 (13 folders)	46 26-38
Securities Statements, 1969-1975 (3 folders)	46 39-41
7.10.4: Tax Records, circa 1940-1979
Description	Container
Tax Documents (1940-1943), 1941-1944	46 42
Tax Documents (1954-1957), 1955-1958	46 43
Tax Documents (1958-1959), 1959-1960	46 44
Tax Documents (1960-1964), 1960-1965	46 45
Tax Documents (1965-1966), 1965-1967	46 46
Tax Documents (1967), 1967-1968	46 47
Tax Documents (1968), 1968-1970	46 48
Tax Documents (1969), 1968-1973	47 1
Tax Documents (1970), 1968-1971	47 2
Tax Documents (1971), 1971-1973	47 3
Tax Documents (1972), 1972-1973	47 4
Tax Documents (1973), 1973-1974	47 5
Tax Documents (1974), 1974-1975	47 6
Tax Documents (1975-1977), 1975-1978	47 7
Tax Documents (1979), 1979-1980	47 8
Property Taxes, Town of Southold, 1959-1974	47 9
Property Taxes, Town of Esopus, 1968-1973	47 10
Real Estate Taxes, Sarasota County, 1963-1973	47 11
Social Security, 1965-1974	47 12
Financial Contributions, circa 1960-1978	47 13
Miscellaneous Receipts, circa 1958-1979 (23 folders)	47 14-36
Miscellaneous Receipts, circa 1958-1979 (4 folders)	48 1-4
7.10.5: Banking Records, 1953-1982
Description	Container
Bank Correspondence, 1961-1982	48 5
Citibank (formerly First National City Bank), 1966-1979 (17 Folders)	48 6-22
Citibank (formerly First National City Bank), 1966-1979 (13 Folders)	49 1-13
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, 1953-1980 (13 Folders)	49 14-26
North Fork Bank and Trust, 1963-1979 (4 Folders)	49 27-30
North Fork Bank and Trust, 1963-1979 (10 Folders)	50 1-10
Windward Islands Bank, circa 1973-1982 (4 Folders)	50 11-14

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